PENSOLE Footwear Academy has just launched a multi-tiered Kickstarter campaign in order to establish free footwear design courses for 100% of their students. Yes, free. If you're into footwear design or just really support free education, consider pledging enough to receive a made-to-order pair of WSC16 sneakers, designed by 2016 World Sneaker Champion, Maxwell Lund.

Enter a caption (optional)

GROW, DIY mushroom lamps by Danielle Trofe and Ecovative, encourage you to connect with nature by growing your own lampshade out of mushroom mycelium. We tried the process out ourselves a few months ago and can't get enough.

Enter a caption (optional)

Form&Seek has finally launched their own design collection, and they're hoping to bring it to life through Kickstarter. Consisting of seven products designed in collaboration with designers from around the world, the collection speaks to Form&Seek's mission as a collective to highlight good design that also plays a role in everyday life. Designers, if you've enjoyed any of Form&Seek's past design festival exhibitions, now's the time to show support!

Enter a caption (optional)

Benjamin Brush is a smart product we can actually get behind because brushing to your favorite songs for two minutes isn't just for kids. Most of us struggle to get through the recommended two minutes of brushing twice a day—this is a fun way to combat that without sitting there counting in your head, half asleep. We just wish the music was somehow free. No one wants to listen to Justin Bieber's Sorry twice a day, everyday.

Real fire vs BioLite FirePit

The BioLite FirePit has made quite the impression on pledgers. I mean, how could you not want to try out a smokeless wood-burning fire pit?

*******

Launching a Kickstarter campaign you're proud of? Send us an email to blogs@core77.com for consideration.

The latest design news, jobs & events. Straight to you every other week.

Join over 300,000 designers who stay up-to-date with the Core77 newsletter...

1 Comment

that biolite firepit is awesome, I can see that tech used in a lot of other applications besides campfires. Also, I think there are a lot of ways to generate electricity from heat... micro-usb is not one of them! Haha

The team behind the Kickstarter project explains why tech companies should pay more attention to physical UI

Anyone familiar with the woes of freelancing knows that hourly time tracking can be a genuine hassle. While it's true that many common software programs for personal accounting are trying to tackle this with digital solutions, it can still at times feel difficult to accurately track your time on the

Transportation with a hint of traditional craft

Yesterday, Kickstarter opened up its platform to Japan, further expanding its reach to welcome creators in the incredibly innovative country. Not only are they opening their platform, they are also making the backend experience easier for Japanese creators through offering customer service, the website and mobile app in Japanese.

The space-saving Zippelin becomes a Kickstarter smash in just hours

Freitag is known for their sturdy bags made from recycled truck tarps. But one thing they've never been known for is a rolling suitcase, because they've never made one. Until now. To design a rolling suitcase from their signature tarp material presented a design challenge. The tarps are heavy and

The Rollgut: Onboard utensil storage, looseleaf capabilities with magnetic capture and more

Here's a quick, carefully-researched history of writing surfaces: 1. SandYou've finally learned written characters, leaving your Neanderthal relatives in the dust. You use a stick to scratch out an inspirational message in the sand outside your hut, but when you bring your friends by to show it to them, a